Bermuda Hundred
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robert
N 37° 19.183 W 077° 18.413
18S E 295590 N 4132836
One of 2 markers along Route 10 near the Appomattox River in Chester, VA
Waymark Code: WM1XT3
Location: Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 07/29/2007
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K 202
BERMUDA HUNDRED
A mile north, on the site of an important
Appamatuck Indian village, Sir Thomas Dale
established Bermuda Hundred in 1613. The
hundred was a traditional English jurisdiction
of one hundred families. Dale, the deputy governor
and marshal of Virginia, founded an incorporated
town and the first system of private land-
tenure in English America there between 1611
and 1614. Bermuda Hundred was an official port
of entry on the James River in the 1700s, with
its own customhouse and inspectors. Benedict
Arnold headquartered there briefly during the
Revolutionary War. In 1864-1865, during the
Civil War, the Federal Army of the James,
commanded by Maj. Gen. Benjamin F. Butler,
had its base of operations there.
Department of Historic Resources, 1994
Marker Number: K 202
Marker Title: Bermuda Hundred
Marker Location: I-10, NW of the Appomattox River
County or Independent City: Chester, VA
Web Site: [Web Link]
Marker Program Sponsor: Department of Historic Resources
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